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Daniele Trombetta /
May 30, 2013
ATALM is a national non-profit organization that maintains a network of support for indigenous programs, provides culturally relevant programming and services, encourages collaboration among tribal and non-tribal cultural institutions, and articulates contemporary issues related to developing and sustaining the cultural sovereignty of Native Nations. With these goals the association organizes conferences, workshops, and institutes. Again
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Cinzia Perlingieri /
May 16, 2013
We have been very busy making projects happen and sending our colleagues out in the field with efficient, streamlined Codifi databases (some have just left for the Jezreel Valley in Israel!), and it is now time to share some details and updates about Codifi. For this purpose we launched a new Codifi section in our
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April 26, 2013
The Center for Digital Archaeology is pleased to participate in the XVII International Congress of IFRAO, May 26-31, 2013. FORUM|WORKSHOP From Digitization to Preservation: Digital Collections, Needs and Challenges. This is a two part forum/workshop that emphasizes key issues and challenges in the life cycle of digital collections from digitization and digital capture to preservation and
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June 20, 2012
Digital Documentation, Representation and Interpretation of Cultural Heritage at the San Francisco Presidio UC Summer Sessions Class Description This course focuses on the real world challenge of documenting cultural heritage through the creation of interpretive walks and non-invasive site installations, specifically at the Presidio of San Francisco. The course focuses on the tangible remains and
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June 20, 2012
Location:
Center for Digital Archaeology – CoDA / Mactia Lab, 2224 Piedmont, Berkeley, CA 94720-3710, CA.
P.A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Berkeley, 94720-3710, CA. Description:
This course is aimed at teaching how to plan, organize, and conduct a project of digital documentation of a museum collection. The training will focus on how to classify, describe, and digitally
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June 20, 2012
UC Semester Course (Anthropology 136E) Description A practical, hands-on overview of cutting-edge digital technology that is being used and developed for the documentation of cultural heritage – in this case includes historic and prehistoric places: standing and buried buildings, landscapes, neighborhoods – anything which is of significance for the present population enough for someone to
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April 17, 2012
Last House on the Hill (LHotH) is one of the projects developed with Codifi. It reconstitutes the rich multimedia and primary research data with the impressive texts of the monograph “House Lives: Building, Inhabiting, Excavating a House at Çatalhöyük, Turkey”, published by the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology. LHotH brings together the published text, complete project
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Elena Toffalori /
January 26, 2012
In the last two years the CoDA team has been taking care of a heterogeneous amount of data collected and produced by the Archaeological Lab of the Presidio Trust throughout its recent history of survey, fieldwork, and documentation activity (see our previous update). This work of standardization and cross-referencing, together with new first-hand data production through digitalization
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Michael Ashley /
December 31, 2011
In just the last 2 years, stereo photography and gigapixel imaging has gotten substantially more doable for non-specialists to produce stunning, state-of-the-art results. With fairly standard digital photography equipment, inexpensive (even free) software and some training, it is possible to create 3D models and interactives of breathtaking quality. Coupled with a solid workflow for metadata
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Sarah Lison /
November 7, 2011
Here is yet another intern who has been busy over the past few months and who will be back for some recurring posts in the future about her ongoing project. Follow Erica Pallo as she digitally documents Brazilian cultural heritage through food. San Francisco, California. Austin, Texas. Denver, Colorado. Little Rock, Arkansas. Madison, Wisconsin. Cincinnati,
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Sarah Lison /
October 13, 2011
The good news about digital archaeology is that it often doesn’t require any travel. The bad news is that it often doesn’t require any travel! This week is one of those rare exceptions, as Michael Ashley heads out to spend four days in Colorado to lend his digital documentation skills to the University of Denver. CoDA
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Elena Toffalori /
October 5, 2011
CoDA intern Erica Pallo interviewed Tom Noble on September 27, 2011 via Skype. Mr. Noble is a photogrammetry specialist for the Bureau of Land Management in Colorado, as well as an expert in other digital photography technologies, and was at the Presidio of San Francisco in August of this year to assist in the preservation
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Elena Toffalori /
September 22, 2011
Intern Erica Pallo interviews Principal Archaeologist Eric Blind of El Presidio de San Francisco on August 2, 2011
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Sarah Lison /
September 15, 2011
“What is digital archaeology?” is a question I get a lot when I talk about my job. The basic answer, of applying digital techniques and solutions to the field of archaeology, is usually the one people figure out when they hear the phrase. However, sometimes people interpret digital archaeology as an in-depth excavation of stored
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Connor Rowe /
September 1, 2011
Last week two members of the CoDA team (Michael and I) had the unique opportunity to work with one of the masters of the art and science of photogrammetry, Tom Noble
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Scott Calhoun /
August 18, 2011
After concluding the 4th CoDA production visit to the Schroebel Ranch, I’m discovering that these posts are becoming more and more a part of the documentary’s story. They are less like progress reports and more like the opening lines of a saga that begins in media res. This Latin term translates to “in the middle
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Erica Pallo /
August 12, 2011
Week 6 They say that all good things must come to an end. Pass the box of tissues and wipe those teary eyes: the Anthropology 136E Summer 2011 course at El Presidio de San Francisco has indeed concluded. Over the past six weeks, the students have been introduced to a variety of tools in the
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Erica Pallo /
August 5, 2011
Week 5 “You’re going to take photos with a Giga_what robot??” As I have discussed before, CoDA has a fun tool in their photographic arsenal that involves gigapixel panorama technology, has a robotic device that sits atop a tripod and cradles the camera of your choice, and has exciting interactive capabilities and limitless applications in
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Erica Pallo /
July 29, 2011
Week 4 [krpano krpano="http://mrthebutler.net/krpano/funston_20110726-krpano.swf" xml="http://mrthebutler.net/krpano/funston_20110726-krpano.xml" width="580"] (Students and CoDA staff are captured here in front of historic houses on Funston Avenue using GigaPan panorama photography equipment and software technology from krpano. Use the motion controls on the image to make it interactive. Shots taken by Michael Ashley.) CSS, HTTP, URI…Oh my! Needless to say,
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Erica Pallo /
July 22, 2011
Week 3 What is augmented reality? Is it a clunky, metal device from a science fiction movie with lots of blinking lights and chirping sounds; something devious found in deep in the crevices of one’s cranium that alters rational consciousness and was tapped into by scientists in the 1960s; or maybe it was were my
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